Improvement in work-box and desk



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CHARLES W. SMALL, CE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Pa-lent'No. 97,128, dated Norembcr 23, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN WORK-BOX .AND DESK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the saule.

To all whom 'it may concern Bo it known that I, CHARLES W. SMALL, of Wor (rester, in the County.ol'WorceStt-r, :rnd Stilte ot' Massachusetts, have invented :t new :rnd Combined Writing- Dcjsk ond Work-Box; ond I do hereby dechire that the` followin,"r is :L i'nll` lclem', :und exactdescription Atln-rvoi', which will ennhle others skilled in the nrt to v innko :ind nse the Same, reiirenoe bring lmd to the :wrolnpanying drawings, iin-ming port ot' this Specifiention, in which- Figures 1 und 5.. nre vertical transverse sections of' my invention, showing the box respectively closed :ind

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and Slmpe.

B is the hinged cover ofthe same.

The cover iS paneiled on the inner side, andthe recess filled hy e plait-e, C, which platte is, by two rods, D D, connected with the cover. The rods are, with their upperl ends, pivoter] to the ends ofthe plate O,

nerthe npperedge of the Sinne, while their lower' ends nre pivoted to the lower part ot' thtl Cover, :is Shown.

A Snmll holt, n, serves to cover, when desired.

Win-'n the plaie C is to he used to write upon, it is swung out, :is in fig. 2, :in l rested npon the ii'ontedge ofthe open hurt, n-sshown, the nrms or rods D being then also swung down. The lower Side ot' the plate look the plate C in the O is then foward, and its upperside on the hack,l

while the upper ends of the rodsore'in front, zuid their lmverends on tho ooror.

'lhe writing-surice oi' the plate C can he core-.red with cloth or other material, to molte' it Convenient l'or writing.

Hoving thus describedA my invention,

1 Claim als new', :ind desire to secure Patent- A combined work-box and writing-desk, composed by Letters -ot' the box A, cover B, plate C, and rods D l), :ill arranged to operate as herein shown :inl described.

C. W. SMALL.

XVitnesses It. N. 1HERIAM, H. A. RICHARDSON. 

